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Hydrogen peroxide in the regulation of erythropoietin (Epo) gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
(KMA, 1996)The present studies were designed and carried out to determine if hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is involved in the regulation of erythropoietin (Epo) gene expression and stimulation of Epo production in the hepatocellular (Hep ... -
Hydroxychloroquine reduces T cells activation recall antigen responses
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is still limited information about how people suffering from autoimmune diseases respond to the different COVID vaccines. The fact that they are taking an ... -
Hydroxyespintanol and schefflerichalcone: two new compounds from Uvaria scheffleri.
(2010)A chemical investigation of the petroleum ether extract and chloroform extract of the root of Uvaria scheffleri Diels (Annonaceae) led to the isolation of two new compounds, named hydroxyespintanol (1) and schefflerichalcone ... -
Hygiene practices in urban restaurants and challenges to implementing food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points programmes in Thika town, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Objectives: To determine the microbial load in food, examination of safety measures and possibility of implementing an Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system. Design: The target population for this study ... -
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunctive therapy for bilateral compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure after heroin intake.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2006-05)Heroin abuse causes various medical and surgical complications. We report a case of heroin-induced severe bilateral compartment syndrome complicated by rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and extremely elevated creatinine ... -
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of patients with cerebral stroke, brain trauma, and neurologic disease
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2005-11)Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been used to treat patients with numerous disorders, including stroke. This treatment has been shown to decrease cerebral edema, normalize water content in the brain, decrease the severity ... -
Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis
(1983)Tuberculosis can affect calcium metabolism, mainly through an enhanced production of active vitamin D. The incidence of hypercalcemia among unselected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis was investigated, ... -
The hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome--a neutrophil chemotactic defect reversible by histamine H2 receptor blockade?
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1980) -
Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella syndrome without liver abscess in a patient with immunoglobulin g2 immune deficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)BACKGROUND: Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (HMVKP) emerged as a cause of invasive infections in South-East (SE) Asia. It has become the most common cause of liver abscess in that region, and it is a significant ... -
Hyperprolactinaemic diabetes insipidus-like syndrome
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1981-03) -
Hyperprolactinemia in portosystemic encephalopathy.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987) -
The hypersensitive tooth.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Anatomy, 1996-12)Not available -
Hypertension in east Africans and others of African descent: a review.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry,, 1998-05)As the number of fatalities from cardiovascular diseases declines in western industrial nations, an opposite trend is observed in the East African region. Inter-regional variations in the prevalence of vascular disorders ... -
Hypertension over a 4-year-period at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
Hypertensive and catecholamine response to tracheal intubation in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension
(University of Nairobischool of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1989-10)The pressor and catecholamine responses to laryngoscopy and intubation were studied in nine patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and in eight normotensive controls. Five of the PIH patients had received oral ... -
Hypertensive retinopathy. A prospective hospital study of 100 hypertensive Kenyan Africans
(College of health science,University of Nairobi, 1974) -
Hyperuricaemia as a cause of benign positional vertigo
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 1999) -
Hyperuricaemia In Essential Hypertension as Seen At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 1981)308 patients with esseantial hypertension have been followed up for 6 months .ie Nov. 1979 - April 1980. 40 of these were knewly diagnosed. The incidence of hyperuricaemia in the non-hypertensive population attending the ... -
Hyperviscosity syndrome (HVS) in African myelomatosis.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1988-07)